Click here if you are having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile devicePerhaps the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers meet in the NBA Finals for the fourth-straight year.It’s certainly within the realm of possibility, seeing as the Warriors are the prohibitive favorites to make it out of the Western Conference and LeBron James has made the Finals every year since 2011.But if these two teams meet again, I’m not going to be excited.Why?Because I watched the Warriors and Cavs play on Monday night, and I saw Golden State prove — beyond a shadow of a doubt — that they were the superior team to the retooled Cavs.The two teams were at something close to full strength Monday — we finally got two see both squads at their strongest after a lacking Christmas showdown — but the Warriors’ 118-108 win made it clear that the Warriors and Cavs aren’t in the same class anymore, and if they were to play for the championship again this summer, the only question going into the series would be “four games or five?”I know that every Warriors fan wants their team to win another title, but shouldn’t the final level in the quest to win three in four years be a bit interesting?Maybe the Celtics can provide that. Perhaps the Raptors can make a run and give the Warriors a series.But after watching the Warriors’ win Monday, I can’t foresee anything other than another blowout Finals win for the Warriors should we have Cavs-Warriors IV.The perceived inevitability of a lopsided series, should the Cavs and Warriors meet again in June, doesn’t stem from a dominant and undeniable Warriors win on Monday, though.No, it comes from my perception that the Warriors didn’t seem like they cared on Monday night.Instead of coming out of the gates strong, they coasted through the majority of Monday’s game, showing lackadaisical efforts on both offense and defense.Golden State pushed every now and again, and there a few cool plays, too — Stephen Curry even dunked for the first time this season — but, overall, the Warriors were nowhere near their typical standards, and they were lightyears away from their postseason form.Draymond Green, I swear, barely broke a sweat on Monday.Meanwhile the Cavs — bless their hearts — were playing like the Finals started in January. They gave Golden State their best shot — particularly in the first half, when they shot 56 percent from the floor. They were flying around with a near manic energy, feeding the bloodthirsty Cleveland crowd in the process.All that just to build a small first-half lead.But in the second half, the Cavs tuckered out, and the Warriors — in the strangest ‘Tortoise and the Hare’ metaphor ever — walked across the finish line first.The Warriors have four, five, six levels beyond what they showed the Cavs in Monday’s win. They were sandbagging Cleveland — not showing them their best defensive strategies and offensive sets in an effort to keep small psychological advantages for a possible June rematch — and they still won without much incident.Durant had a solid game, scoring 32 points and dishing eight assists, but even during his 16-point third quarter he never seemed to find top gear. Curry had 23, but he wasn’t manipulating the Cavs defense the ways that he can — many of his shots had a devil-may-care schoolyard vibe to them — and his defense was mediocre at best.And Green, despite having a near triple-double and leading the Warriors in plus-minus rating, seemed a beat off all night. He was missing shots and rotations, and getting bad fouls called against him for most of the game, but he never seemed all that affected. We never saw his trademark intensity Monday — he was nearly zen. This is a player who gets up for mid-season games against the Kings — it was all a bit surreal.This isn’t to mention that Andre Iguodala had another woeful shooting game and displayed some expert matador defense, Klay Thompson went missing on offense for long stretches of the game, Jordan Bell was up-but-mostly-down in his 10th career start, and reliable David West made only one shot in 16 minutes.The Warriors did not turn in a winning performance Monday — far from it — but against a Cleveland team that is without a doubt one of the worst defensive squads in the league, Golden State was unaffected.That’s not fun to watch — it’s just sad.Now, Cavs fans might argue that if these two teams meet again, LeBron won’t turn the ball over eight times — and that’s probably true — but that wasn’t the difference in Monday’s game.The difference was that the Cavs’ roster, retooled this past offseason, simply doesn’t intimidate the Warriors at all.The Cavs could have instilled some fear on Monday — they could have taken advantage of the Warriors’ sub-par effort and taken the second of the team’s two-game regular-season series.Instead, the Cavs justified exactly why Golden State was saving their effort for another, more challenging, gameIsaiah Thomas might be a professional scorer, but he’ll need to put in 35 points to make up for the amount he, at 5-foot-9 (and that’s generous), gives up on the other end. The Cavs’ wings — Jae Crowder, Kyle Korver, Jeff Green, and J.R. Smith — don’t come close to matching up with the Warriors’ and at times, they looked unplayable on their own volition.And while Dwyane Wade might be a Hall of Famer, the truth is that he’s a bit role player on a team that desperately needs another superstar to pair with LeBron. Kevin Love isn’t going to get it done as a sidekick.Maybe if the Cavs trade the Nets first round pick they acquired in exchange for Kyrie Irving this summer, they can land that much-needed second star, but I’m yet to think of a viable trade that will put Cleveland back on Golden State’s level.The gap between the two teams is massive right now, and I don’t see a way that it’s going to close before June.